There are lots and lots of books out there on detox and healthy living these days. I got my hands on a copy of Clean Slate, a cookbook and guide on Reset Your Health, Detox Your Body and Feel Your Best. This book was put together by the editors at Martha Stewart Living, who knows a thing or two about food.
Usually in the Martha Stewart Living magazines, there are not many articles on "clean" living so was surprised to see this from the editors.
First of all, I love this book is a softcover, it makes it easier to carry about and I'm not as afraid to get tis book dirty.
As the title says, this book is all about how to eat cleanly, what that means is naturally food and vegetables, though this book is not a vegetarian. They just emphasize eating more vegetables than meat.
This book is broken up into two sections, the first sections gives various information about different nutrients, what's needed for the pantry and guide to 3 day detox. the second part of the book is all about recipes and there are lots of them. All the recipes are in the "R" categories: replenish, reboot, recharge, reenergize, restore and relax. I found this book very similar to Mark Bittman's VB6.
Many of the information in the first half I have already read about elsewhere but I was interested in the 3 day detox. It's a short detox so easier for someone to do that the first time around than a 21 day detox.
There are plenty of pictures with each recipes, of course the pictures make the recipes look delicious but in reading the book, I was wondering, how do you get full on these food??
My favorite portion has to do with the reboot, which has recipes for drinks for my health, like smoothies and juice. Most of the ingredients are easy to obtain.
I would recommend this book to someone who is looking to get better health wise. The recipes, in general are simple and most ingredients are easy to find.
This is a good book to have on hand in your journey of bettering your health.
I received this book from
Blogging for Books for this review.
